"A nearly century-old, 40-foot cross honoring World War I veterans in Bladensburg, Md. represents an unconstitutional endorsement of religion, a divided federal appeals court ruled Wednesday." Jacob Gershman for the Wall Street Journal, 18 Oct 2017.
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Independents outnumber Republicans & Democrats. So why aren't their candidates in the debates? Gary Johnson explains why he's taking the Commission on Presidential Debates to the supreme court.
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"It began with Confederate monuments, but it was only a matter of time before the history of everyone ever commemorated in America was in dispute. Even Abraham Lincoln." Article by Lindsay Marchello for Reason, 16 Oct 2017.
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"Tearing down Confederate statues, or any monuments from our history, will not change the past. But it will make for a poorer, less enlightened future." By John Daniel Davidson for The Federalist, 2017.
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"I don’t fear 150-year-old statues of old dead white men. What I fear is the hatred we are seeing in real time in 2017 on social media, on our college campuses, in our workplaces and in our political rhetoric." Sophia A. Nelson for NBC, Oct 2017.
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Short answer: Because it "makes people uncomfortable." Long answer: Article by Karen Nelson for Sun Herald, 12 Oct 2017.
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$3.8 million wasted each day. 60% of vegetables and 40% of fruit are being tossed. Thanks, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Article by Baylen Linnekin for Reason, 7 Oct 2017.
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For decades, NFL teams sat in the locker room during the anthem. Only in 2009 and after did teams start showing up and get paid for their patriotism. By Jay Syrmopoulos for The Free Thought Project, 25 Sept 2017.
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HP is not pure escapism. Harry was meant to leave our world and find exactly the same problems in the Wizarding one: corruption, prejudice, sensationalist media, terrorism, totalitarianism, the futility of war.
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How to coerce a change in laws that means you'll be able to buy up all media? Simply destroy a TV station and make yourself the only bidder for its remains.
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